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Hello all! I’ve just come back from the best 5 weeks of my life, studying in a small city called Akita in Japan for the summer semester (Japan’s winter semester). I participated in the ‘Intensive Japanese Language & Cultural Immersion Program: Advanced’ at Akita International University, with the course running for about 6 weeks, but I was sadly only there for 5 short weeks as I was hospitalised the day before I was due to leave Australia. This was my first time in Japan, despite having studied Japanese in high school, college and just finished my Japanese Language major at uni. The program was through my degree at the ANU and was the perfect way to solidify and expand on the skills I learnt in the classroom.
Sorry the vlog is so fast paced and only scratches the surface of my trip – if I put everything in it literally would’ve gone on forever. We had classes every day, did a stack of homework, but also had a lot of fun. I didn’t film during lectures, classes or while studying so the vlog focuses more on the activities I got up to in Japan instead, but I promise – we had to study a lot! 80% of our time in Japan was doing everyday things like going to class, studying, or just chilling in the cafeteria together. To be honest, these are the things I miss the most about Japan.
I also blogged a little bit about my time in Japan (deeper than surface level), so you can read about that here if you want to know more about my experience:
On top of that, I’m on the AIU website! Find out more about my experience studying in Akita here:
As you guys will see in the vlog, I got to travel around Japan during my weekends off in the intensive program. All the cities I visited were wonderful, but none of them have stolen my heart the way Akita has.
Akita, I miss you already.
Enjoy xxxx
SONGS USED:
Impossible Things – Chris Tomlin (feat. Danny Gokey)
Home – The McClymonts
Endless – The McClymonts
Watch the lyric video for our single Seasons here:
CAROUSEL – EP:
iTunes:
(Signed) CD:
iTunes: “Amy & Ellen”
AloJapan.com